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By Keith Heard
This will be a defining year for public sector frameworks and their partners to deliver value for money, says NACF’s Keith Heard
In my lifetime, the relationship between the public sector and its construction partners has perhaps never been under more scrutiny nor as essential to the health of the UK economy than during the covid-19 crisis.
We have seen over the past 12 months not only the importance of the public sector in keeping the economy moving through sustained infrastructure investment but, equally, the level of public interest attached to its purchasing power. The ‘chumocracy’ debate stimulated by the covid-19 pandemic is a healthy exercise for any nation to engage in and one we as an industry must continue to consider while demonstrating the virtues of our procurement processes.
Construction Playbook success depends on three things
01 Feb 2021
The arrival of the Construction Playbook is a milestone moment for the industry and its clients in the public sector. But its publication marks the beginning of the journey rather than the endpoint. The document is a roadmap that we must all now follow.
The central messages in the playbook are not new. In fact, they echo many of the learnings from the Egan and Latham reports of the 90s. We ve known what good looks like for a long time and have even come up with plans on how to achieve it. The difference now is we have the ability to realise these improvements.
AECOM joint venture secures nearly $800 million SCAPE Framework Contract LOS ANGELES (Business Wire) AECOM (NYSE:ACM), the world’s premier infrastructure consulting firm, announced today that, in association with its joint venture partners Pick Everard and Gleeds, it has secured two lots under the new SCAPE Consultancy framework in the United Kingdom. The joint venture, called Perfect Circle, has been appointed to deliver the Built Environment and Infrastructure Consultancy lots for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, which have a combined value of nearly $800 million. SCAPE is the UK s leading public sector procurement authority.
“AECOM brings its full breadth of diverse services and track record of technical excellence to the framework, which has helped better communities around the UK and deliver real value to its taxpayers across a full range of public sector projects over the previous four years,” said Lara Poloni, AECOM’s president. “We are proud to continue supp
AECOM joint venture secures nearly $800 million SCAPE Framework Contract
AECOM joint venture secures nearly $800 million SCAPE Framework Contract AECOM (NYSE:ACM), the worlds premier infrastructure consulting firm, announced today that, in association with its joint venture partners Pick Everard and Gleeds, it has secured two lots under the new SCAPE Consultancy framework in the United Kingdom. The joint venture, called Perfect Circle, has been appointed to deliver the Built Environment and Infrastructure Consultancy lots for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, which have a combined value of nearly $800 million. SCAPE is the UK’s leading public sector procurement authority. AECOM brings its full breadth of diverse services and track record of technical excellence to the framework, which has helped better communities around the UK and deliver real value to its taxpayers across a full range of public sector projects over the previous four years, said Lara Poloni, AECOMs presid